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Cattle Tie.

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JOHN Winni), or NEWBRITAIN, ooNNEoTioUT.

Lettere .Patent No.- 78,849, dated June 9, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN CATTLE-TIE.

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T0 ALL WHOM I 'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, 'JOHN WIAnD, of New Britain,in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut,

have invented a newnImprorement in Cattle-Tic; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in conl nection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clea.r and exact description ef the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a view of the tie complete, i

Figure 2, the adjustable `socket of the halter, and iii Figures 8 and 4, the construe-tion' of the snap by which the tie is secured.

This invention relates to an improvement in what is called a cattle-tie," that is to say, a rope provided with the means for securing the same about the neck or horns of the animal; and the invention consists-- First, in the construction of the-snap or hook by means of which the rope is secured around the neck or horns of the animal.

Second, in the adjustable socket, for the purpose of accommodating the tie to di'erent necks or horns.

In order to the clear. understanding o f myimprovemcnt, I will lfully describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. l I

A is therope, such as is commonly used for tying cattle.

-B is a socket, constructed so as to pass freely over the rope, as in fig. 1, and in one side of which is fitted a thumb-screw, C, so that-when vthe said thumb-screw is turned hard down upon the rope, the socket will he held firmly in that position, and may beadjusted to di'erent positions on the rope by loosening the screw, and sliding.

the socket accordingly. V I

The headot the thumb-screw C is constructed with ahole, D`,.at each end, so'as to form a means of attachment of the end of the rope thereto. At the end of the rope a snap-hook is attached, by means of the ring er eye E, formed upon the body F of the hook. i l

The construction of the hook is'asvfollows: 'lhe eye E and bodyF., with the hook Gr, are formed (in the position as denoted in iig. 3) from any suitable material, as brassor malleable iron, and upon the body of the hook is formed alug, I, projectingiupward towards the point G, the edge of the said lug toward the eye being of A-form, and upon the base, at thejeye, is eonstructeda seat, L, to receive the snap P, the said snap P being constructed as seen in fig. 4, its rear end with ears a, which set into tlic recessed seat L, (or, if preferred, the recess may be in the seat, and a tcuon on the end of the.hook,) so that the end of the hook will slip oir to the said seat, and thc forward-end (Z made'V-shapc, so as to set down over` the lug I, as seen in iig. 1, and when so set down, the seat holds one end in position, the lug I the other, and` when the snap has been'so placed, the point G is bent down, as seen in fig. 1.

In iig. 3, the tie is represented in red, as being inserted.

Upon the base, at any convenient point, I arrange a spring, S, ther ltendency of which is to support the snap against the hook, as in iig. 1. Thus norivcting is required for the hinge of the snapand it cannot by any possibility get out of place, and the lug I prevents whatever the hook is attached to from passing up to interfere with the spring.

The tic is placed around the animals neck or horns, the socket B properly adjusted, and the thumb-screw' turned, so that the hook will pass into a hole in its upper end, or the end nearest the hook, so that whatever strain is brought to bear upon the tie only serves to more firmly retain the thumb-screw in its proper position; therefore, so` long as the tie is around the animalfs neck or horns, the screw of the socket cannot be loosened. I

I do not wish to he understood as broadly claiming an adjustable cattle-tie; but

What I do claim asnew and useful, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The socket B, combined with the thumb-'screw C, when the said thumb-screw is provided' with a head, having a perforation at one or both ends, `so far to one side from the centre'or ax'is'of the screw as that, when thc tie is secured, the screw will be preventedfrom turning, sdbstantially as herein set forth.

2.v The hook Gr, formed upon the base, F, constructed with the lug I and seat L, and provided with an eye,

E, or its equivalent, and combined with the snap P,- when-thc said snap is attached to its seat L, and supported by the lug I, substantially as herein set forth.

' Witnesses:

T. A. Conn-LIN, C. S. DANrnLs.

JOHN WIARD. 

